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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
258
1551
4996
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
127
696
2121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
49
301
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
131
469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
45
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
39
88
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
39 Genera with 88 Species
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Aciconula Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190321SpeciesTaxom
Caprellaporema Guerra-García, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19545SpeciesTaxom
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Fallotritella McCain, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hircella Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Jigurru Guerra-García, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Liriarchus Mayer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Mayericaprella Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Monoliropus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Notoprotomima Takeuchi & L..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 20048SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Paraproto Mayer, 20044SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Protellopsis Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprellicana Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotomima McCain, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 20163SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
88 Species
Aciconula australiensis Guerra-García, 2004
Aciconula miranda Mayer, 1903
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acanthopoda Guiler, 1954
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella edgari Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella hirayamai Guerra-Garcí..., 2003
Caprella inermis (Grube, 1864)⇒ Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Caprella tenuis Haswell, 1880
Caprella traudlae Guerra-García, 2004
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprellaporema subantarctica Guerra-García, 2003
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Cyrtophium dentatum (Haswell, 1879)⇒ Podocerus dentatus Haswell, 1879
Cyrtophium minutum Haswell, 1879
Cyrtophium parasiticum (Haswell, 1879)⇒ Leipsuropus parasiticus Haswell, 1879
Dodecas decacentrum Stebbing, 1910
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Dodecas grandimanus Guiler, 1954
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Dodecas tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Dodecasella elegans K.H. Barnard, 1931
Fallotritella polynesica (Müller, 1990)⇒ Pseudaeginella polynesica Müller, 1990
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hircella berentsae Guerra-García, 2006
Hircella cornigera Haswell, 1880
Hircella inermis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Jigurru vailhogett Guerra-García, 2006
Jigurru vailhoggett Guerra-García, 2006
Leipsuropus parasiticus Haswell, 1879
Liriarchus perplexus Mayer, 1912
Mayericaprella arimotoi Guerra-García, 2006
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella haswelliana Mayer, 1882
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Monoliropus agilis Mayer, 1903
Noculacia australiensis Guerra-García, 2002
Notoprotomima smithi Takeuchi & L..., 2015
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella berentsae Takeuchi & L..., 2007
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Orthoprotella mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916
Orthoprotella nana Guerra-García, 2004
Orthoprotella pearce Guerra-García, 2006
Orthoprotella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Orthoprotella tuberculata Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paradeutella echinata Haswell, 1880
Paradeutella spinosa Mayer, 1903
Paraproto condylata Haswell, 1885
Paraproto gabrieli Stebbing, 1914
Paraproto spinosa Haswell, 1885
Paraproto tasmaniensis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Perotripus keablei Guerra-García, 2006
Protella australis (Haswell, 1880)⇒ Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Protella gracilis Dana, 1853
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Protellopsis kergueleni Stebbing, 1888
Proto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1879)⇒ Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudaeginella polynesica Müller, 1990
Pseudaeginella vaderi Guerra-García, 2004
Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927
Pseudoprellicana johnsoni Guerra-García, 2006
Pseudoprotella soela Guerra-García, 2004
Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, 1903
Pseudoprotomima grandimana Guerra-García, 2004
Quadrisegmentum lowryi Guerra-García, 2006
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988
Quadrisegmentum yirrgay Hughes & Tak..., 2016

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
19
55
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
18
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caprellidae at artfakta.se
Caprellidae at biodiversity.org.au
Caprellidae at dyntaxa.se
Caprellidae at gbif.org
Caprellidae at irmng.org
Caprellidae at itis.gov
Caprellidae at marinespecies.org